How to get the best deal on Dell.com?

[slackerinabox]

I need to get a very basic amd athlon x2 3800+ desktop. I remember that a member once posted a link that somehow cut $50 or so off of the price that I would have gotten if I just clicked through their homepage. Now that link is expired and I'm wondering what the trick was.. It wasn't a coupon code or anything...

 

[RossMAN]

I wish you had posted this on or before 12/20/06

Dell Dimension E521 + 20" LCD = $499 shipped plus tax

AMD X2 3800+ Dual Core CPU
Win XP Home w/ option $55 Vista Basic upgrade
512mb DDR2 533Mhz
Nvidia 6150LE Integrated graphics (MB has PCI-e graphics slot, no IDE, no integrated DVI)
16x DVD-ROM
80GB SATA II Hard Drive (might be 160?)
20" Dell E207WFP LCD Monitor (DVI w/HDCP)

 

[slackerinabox]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
I wish you had posted this on or before 12/20/06

Dell Dimension E521 + 20" LCD = $499 shipped plus tax

AMD X2 3800+ Dual Core CPU
Win XP Home w/ option $55 Vista Basic upgrade
512mb DDR2 533Mhz
Nvidia 6150LE Integrated graphics (MB has PCI-e graphics slot, no IDE, no integrated DVI)
16x DVD-ROM
80GB SATA II Hard Drive (might be 160?)
20" Dell E207WFP LCD Monitor (DVI w/HDCP)

Oh my! That's an amazing deal - so sorry I missed that. Grrr, anything similar at all out there? My parents are getting it for me as a "yay, you're finally going back to college you douchebag" gift and I want to stay as below-$700 as possible, including monitor.

edit: I will just add that I'm a media student so the X2 (or core 2 duo processor) is my only requirement for rendering work.. i can add ram and such at my own expense later.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212

Originally posted by: RossMAN
I wish you had posted this on or before 12/20/06

Dell Dimension E521 + 20" LCD = $499 shipped plus tax

AMD X2 3800+ Dual Core CPU
Win XP Home w/ option $55 Vista Basic upgrade
512mb DDR2 533Mhz
Nvidia 6150LE Integrated graphics (MB has PCI-e graphics slot, no IDE, no integrated DVI)
16x DVD-ROM
80GB SATA II Hard Drive (might be 160?)
20" Dell E207WFP LCD Monitor (DVI w/HDCP)

Oh my! That's an amazing deal - so sorry I missed that. Grrr, anything similar at all out there? My parents are getting it for me as a "yay, you're finally going back to college you douchebag" gift and I want to stay as below-$700 as possible, including monitor.

edit: I will just add that I'm a media student so the X2 (or core 2 duo processor) is my only requirement for rendering work.. i can add ram and such at my own expense later.

Yeah it was pretty damn hot, I convinced a few friends and co-workers to order a few.

I would check SlickDeals.net and GotApex.com for other current Dell offers.